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2015-09-04 Changes to IPOM login [link]
We are going to be simplifying the way IPOM login works in a few steps.

As of today, we've taken the first step: you can now use your email address as your login ID to IPOM. Username will still work for now, but you should get used to using your email address.

Since IPOM login was launched you've had an email, a username, and a name/handle. The username was used primarily for logging in, the name, if present was used for display (otherwise we used username), and email was used to contact you.

Having all three if these is needlessly confusing and redundant, so on Monday September 7 we will be combining "username" and "name/handle" into a single "handle" which will only be used for display purposes. This will be however you want to be seen on the site (in your Tour Report, on the Message Center, etc.), and can be a real name, a nickname, a handle, etc. To log into the site, you will use the email address we have for you (plus whatever password you currently use on IPOM).

We are doing this for several reasons:

People often forget their username, but it's unlikely they will forget their email address.
Username and Name/Handle were the same for non-members, there is no need to make them different for members.
The site wasn't consistent on whether it showed your "name/handle" or "username" in various places, and this will clean all of that up.

For members who had both a username and a name/handle (the latter was optional for a while), your username will be kept as your handle (and your name/handle will be dropped). Anyone who has such a conflict will be emailed ahead of time. After the conversion you will be able to change your handle at any time. For anyone else, you should notice no change.

We hope this will make the site easier to use and understand.

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